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{{Short description|Malawian football player and manager}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name           = Kinnah Phiri
| image          = 
| upright        = 
| caption        = 
| full_name      = 
| birth_date     = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1954|10|30}}
| birth_place    = [[Blantyre]], Malawi
| height         = 
| position       = [[Striker (association football)|Striker]]
| currentclub    = 
| youthyears1    = 
| youthclubs1    = 
| years1         = 1973–1981
| clubs1         = [[Big Bullets F.C.|Big Bullets]]
| years2         = 1982–1984
| clubs2         = [[Manzini Wanderers]]
| totalcaps      = 
| totalgoals     = 
| nationalyears1 = 1973–1981
| nationalteam1  = [[Malawi national football team|Malawi]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mamrud |first1=Roberto |title=Kinnah Phiri |url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/kinnaphiri-intlg.html |website=RSSSF |access-date=11 July 2022 |archive-date=17 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190317125743/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/kinnaphiri-intlg.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
| nationalcaps1  = 117
| nationalgoals1 = 71
| manageryears1  = 2004–2005
| managerclubs1  = [[Big Bullets F.C.|Big Bullets]]
| manageryears2  = 2006–2007
| managerclubs2  = [[Malawi national football team|Malawi]] (caretaker)
| manageryears3  = 2007–2008
| managerclubs3  = [[Free State Stars F.C.|Free State Stars]]
| manageryears4  = 2008–2013
| managerclubs4  = Malawi
| manageryears5  = 2014
| managerclubs5  = Free State Stars
| manageryears6  = 2014–2015
| managerclubs6  = Free State Stars
| manageryears7  = 2017
| managerclubs7  = [[Mochudi Centre Chiefs SC|Mochudi Centre Chiefs]]
| manageryears8  = 2017–2020
| managerclubs8  = [[Jwaneng Galaxy F.C.|Jwaneng Galaxy]]
}}

'''Kinnah Phiri''' (born 30 October 1954) is a Malawian [[association football|football]] coach and former player who most recently coached [[Jwaneng Galaxy F.C.|Jwaneng Galaxy]]. He is the Deputy Director of Sports in the Ministry of Youth and Sports.

He is the all-time top goalscorer for the [[Malawi national football team|Malawi national team]], having scored 71 goals in 117 games.<ref>{{cite news |title=How a village boy became Malawi's legend |url=https://www.herald.co.zw/how-a-village-boy-became-malawis-legend/ |access-date=28 October 2024 |work=[[The Herald (Zimbabwe)]] |date=3 February 2021}}</ref>

==Playing career==
Born in [[Blantyre, Malawi|Blantyre]], Kinnah began playing football for local side [[Big Bullets F.C.|Big Bullets]], and in 1982 was offered a contract by UAE club [[Sharjah SC]]. He was not allowed to leave the country, but he moved to [[Swaziland]] to play for [[Manzini Wanderers]] where he would finish his playing career.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Africa News |title=Malawi football back on the map |url=http://www.africanews.com/site/list_message/17042 |date=25 November 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081202074105/http://www.africanews.com/site/list_message/17042 |archivedate= 2 December 2008 }}</ref>

Phiri was the inspiration behind the [[Malawi national football team|Malawi national team]]'s finest hours in the late 1970s when Malawi twice won the East and Central Africa Challenge Cup. He scored 71 goals in 115 games.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.fourfourtwo.com.au/feature/the-12-players-whove-scored-more-international-goals-than-cristiano-ronaldo-456224/page0|title=The 12 players who've scored more international goals than Cristiano Ronaldo|first=Crispin|last=Andrews|newspaper=[[FourFourTwo]]|date=3 April 2017|access-date=3 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180629160744/https://www.fourfourtwo.com.au/feature/the-12-players-whove-scored-more-international-goals-than-cristiano-ronaldo-456224/page0|archive-date=29 June 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In his club career, he stated that he had scored over 700 goals.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://panafricanfootball.com/2021/01/28/how-kinnah-phiri-rose-from-village-boy-to-malawis-greatest-legend/|title=How Kinnah Phiri rose from village boy to Malawi's greatest legend – Panafricanfootball|access-date=11 July 2022|archive-date=8 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220308034910/https://panafricanfootball.com/2021/01/28/how-kinnah-phiri-rose-from-village-boy-to-malawis-greatest-legend/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Coaching career ==
*[[Bakili Bullets]], Malawi (head coach){{citation needed|date=October 2023}}
*[[Free State Stars F.C.|Free State Stars]], South African [[Premier Soccer League]] (head coach){{citation needed|date=October 2023}}
*Malawi U23 (head coach){{citation needed|date=October 2023}}
*Malawi (head coach)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nyasatimes.com/tag/kinnah-phiri |title=Kinnah promises Malawians race to Angola will go right down to the wire |access-date=29 June 2009 |archive-date=15 January 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100115054555/http://www.nyasatimes.com/tag/kinnah-phiri |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Career statistics ==
:''Scores and results list Malawi's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Phiri goal.''

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Kinnah Phiri
|-
!scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Venue
!scope="col"|Opponent
!scope="col"|Score
!scope="col"|Result
!scope="col"|Competition
|-
| style="text-align:center"|1 || 20 January 1974 || [[Curepipe]], Mauritius || {{fb|MRI}} || || style="text-align:center"|2–2 || [[Friendly (association football)|Friendly]]
|-
| style="text-align:center"|2 || 6 July 1974 || [[Blantyre]], Malawi || {{fb|CIV}} || || style="text-align:center"|5–1 || Friendly
|-
| style="text-align:center"|3 || rowspan="2"|31 December 1974 || rowspan="2"|Blantyre, Malawi || rowspan="2"|{{fb|TAN}} || || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|3–3 || rowspan="2"|Friendly
|-
| style="text-align:center"|4 ||
|-
| style="text-align:center"|5 || 31 January 1975 || [[Lilongwe]], Malawi || {{fb|MRI}} || || style="text-align:center"|1–1 || Friendly
|-
| style="text-align:center"|6 || 2 February 1975 || Blantyre, Malawi || {{fb|MRI}} || || style="text-align:center"|3–0 || Friendly
|-
| style="text-align:center"|7 || 23 February 1975 || [[Dar-es-Salaam]], Tanzania || {{fb|TAN}} || || style="text-align:center"|1–3 || Friendly	
|-
| style="text-align:center"|8 || rowspan="4"|27 February 1975 || rowspan="4"|[[Zanzibar]], Tanzania || rowspan="4"|{{fb|ZAN}} || || rowspan="4" style="text-align:center"|7–2 || rowspan="4"|Friendly
|-
| style="text-align:center"|9 ||
|-
| style="text-align:center"|10	 ||	 
|-
| style="text-align:center"|11 ||
|-
| style="text-align:center"|12 || 29 March 1975 || Blantyre, Malawi || {{fb|ZAM|1964}} || || style="text-align:center"|1–6 || [[1976 African Cup of Nations qualification]]
|-
| style="text-align:center"|13 || rowspan="2"|13 April 1975 || rowspan="2"|[[Lusaka]], Zambia || rowspan="2"|{{fb|ZAM|1964}} || || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|3–3 || rowspan="2"|1976 African Cup of Nations qualification
|-
| style="text-align:center"|14 ||
|-
| style="text-align:center"|15 || rowspan="2"|10 July 1975 || rowspan="2"|Lilongwe, Malawi || rowspan="2"|{{fb|KEN}} || || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|3–1 || rowspan="2"|Friendly	
|-
| style="text-align:center"|16 ||
|-
| style="text-align:center"|17 || 31 August 1975 || Blantyre, Malawi || {{fb|ZAM|1964}} || || style="text-align:center"|1–1 || [[Football at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification|Football at the 1976 Summer Olympics]]
|-	
| style="text-align:center"|18 || rowspan="3"|1 November 1975 || rowspan="3"|[[Ndola]], Zambia || rowspan="3"|{{fb|TAN}} || || rowspan="3" style="text-align:center"|3–1 || rowspan="3"|[[1975 CECAFA Cup]]
|-	
| style="text-align:center"|19	 ||
|-	
| style="text-align:center"|20 ||
|- 	
| style="text-align:center"|21 || 7 November 1975 || [[Chingola]], Zambia || {{fb|UGA}} || || style="text-align:center"|2–1 || 1975 CECAFA Cup
|-
| style="text-align:center"|22 || 9 November 1975 || Lusaka, Zambia || {{fb|KEN}} || || style="text-align:center"|2–2 || 1975 CECAFA Cup
|-
| style="text-align:center"|23 || 28 February 1976 || Blantyre, Malawi || {{fb|LES|1966}} || || style="text-align:center"|4–1 || Friendly
|-
| style="text-align:center"|24 || 6 July 1976 || Blantyre, Malawi || {{fb|KEN}} || || style="text-align:center"|3–0 || Friendly
|-
| style="text-align:center"|25 || 7 July 1976 || Blantyre, Malawi || {{fb|SLE}} || || style="text-align:center"|4–2 || Friendly
|-
| style="text-align:center"|26 || 4 September 1976 || Blantyre, Malawi || {{fb|UGA}} || || style="text-align:center"|1–1 || Friendly
|-
| style="text-align:center"|27 || rowspan="4"|13 September 1976 || rowspan="4"|Blantyre, Malawi || rowspan="4"|{{fb|BOT}} || || rowspan="4"style="text-align:center"|7–1 || rowspan="4"|Friendly
|-
| style="text-align:center"|28 ||
|-
| style="text-align:center"|29 ||
|-
| style="text-align:center"|30 ||
|-
| style="text-align:center"|31 || rowspan="2"|15 September 1976 || rowspan="2"|Lilongwe, Malawi || rowspan="2"|{{fb|BOT}} || || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|3–0 || rowspan="2"|Friendly
|-
| style="text-align:center"|32 ||
|-
| style="text-align:center"|33 || 24 October 1976 || Blantyre, Malawi || {{fb|MRI}} || || style="text-align:center"|1–1 || [[1978 African Cup of Nations qualification]]
|-
| style="text-align:center"|34 || 31 October 1976 || Curepipe, Mauritius || {{fb|MRI}} || || style="text-align:center"|2–3 || 1978 African Cup of Nations qualification
|-	
| style="text-align:center"|35 || 9 November 1976 || Zanzibar, Tanzania || {{fb|KEN}} || || style="text-align:center"|2–2 || [[1976 CECAFA Cup]]
|-	
| style="text-align:center"|36 || 27 March 1977 || Lusaka, Zambia || {{fb|ZAM|1964}} || || style="text-align:center"|1–8 || Friendly
|-
| style="text-align:center"|37 || 30 September 1977 || [[Gaborone]], Botswana || {{fb|BOT}} || || style="text-align:center"|2–0 || Friendly
|-
| style="text-align:center"|38 || rowspan="5"|1 October 1977 || rowspan="5"|Gaborone, Botswana || rowspan="5"|{{fb|BOT}} || || rowspan="5" style="text-align:center"|5–1 || rowspan="5"|Friendly
|-
| style="text-align:center"|39 ||
|-
| style="text-align:center"|40 ||
|-
| style="text-align:center"|41 ||
|-
| style="text-align:center"|42 ||
|-
| style="text-align:center"|43 || 11 November 1977 || Lilongwe, Malawi || {{fb|LES|1966}} || || style="text-align:center"|3–0 || Friendly
|-
| style="text-align:center"|44 || 13 November 1977 || Blantyre, Malawi || {{fb|LES|1966}} || || style="text-align:center"|6–1 || Friendly Friendly
|-
| style="text-align:center"|45 || 29 November 1977 || [[Mogadishu]], Somalia || {{fb|ZAM|1964}} || || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || [[1977 CECAFA Cup]]
|-
| style="text-align:center"|46 || 8 December 1977 || Mogadishu Somalia || {{fb|KEN}} || || style="text-align:center"|2–1 || 1977 CECAFA Cup
|-
| style="text-align:center"|47 || 12 December 1977 || [[Nairobi]], Kenya || {{fb|KEN}} || || style="text-align:center"|1–1 || [[Jamburi Cup]]
|-
| style="text-align:center"|48 || 18 June 1978 || Blantyre, Malawi || {{fb|ZAM|1964}} || || style="text-align:center"|1–2 || Friendly
|-
| style="text-align:center"|49 || rowspan="2"|6 July 1978 || rowspan="2"|Blantyre, Malawi || rowspan="2"|{{fb|SLE}} || || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|5–0 || rowspan="2"|Friendly	
|-
| style="text-align:center"|50 ||
|-
| style="text-align:center"|51 || 18 July 1978 || [[Algiers|Alger]], Algeria || {{fb|EGY|1972}} || || style="text-align:center"|1–4 || [[Football at the 1978 All-Africa Games]]
|-
| style="text-align:center"|52 || rowspan="2"|25 July 1978 || rowspan="2"|Alger, Algeria || rowspan="2"|{{fb|NGA}} || || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|2–3 || rowspan="2"|[[Football at the 1978 All-Africa Games]]
|-
| style="text-align:center"|53 ||
|-
| style="text-align:center"|54 || 22 October 1978 || Blantyre, Malawi || {{fb|ALG}} || || style="text-align:center"|1–1 || Friendly
|-
| style="text-align:center"|55 || rowspan="2"|24 October 1978 || rowspan="2"|Lilongwe, Malawi || rowspan="2"|{{fb|ALG}} || || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|2–1 || rowspan="2"|Friendly
|-
| style="text-align:center"|56 ||
|-
| style="text-align:center"|57 || 5 November 1978 || Blantyre, Malawi || {{fb|SOM}} || || style="text-align:center"|3–1 || [[1978 CECAFA Cup]]
|-
| style="text-align:center"|58 || 11 November 1978 || Blantyre, Malawi || {{fb|ZAM|1964}} || || style="text-align:center"|2–1 || 1978 CECAFA Cup
|-
| style="text-align:center"|59 || 17 November 1978 || Lilongwe, Malawi || {{fb|KEN}} || || style="text-align:center"|2–0 || 1978 CECAFA Cup
|-
| style="text-align:center"|60 || 19 November 1978 || Blantyre, Malawi || {{fb|ZAM|1964}} || || style="text-align:center"|3–2 || 1978 CECAFA Cup
|-
| style="text-align:center"|61 || 3 December 1978 || [[Antananarivo]], Madagascar || {{fb|MAD}} || || style="text-align:center"|1–2 || [[1978 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)|1978 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
|-
| style="text-align:center"|62 || rowspan="2"|17 December 1978 || rowspan="2"|Blantyre, Malawi || rowspan="2"|{{fb|MAD}} || || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|5–1 || rowspan="2"|1978 FIFA World Cup qualification	
|-
| style="text-align:center"|63 ||
|-
| style="text-align:center"|64 || 6 July 1979 || Blantyre, Malawi || {{fb|KEN}} || || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || Friendly
|-
| style="text-align:center"|65 || rowspan="2"|25 August 1979 || rowspan="2"|[[Maseru]], Lesotho || rowspan="2"|{{fb|LES|1966}} || || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|3–0 || rowspan="2"|Friendly
|-
| style="text-align:center"|66 ||
|-
| style="text-align:center"|67 || 7 November 1979 || [[Mombasa]], Kenya || {{fb|SUD}} || || style="text-align:center"|4–0 || [[1979 CECAFA Cup]]
|-
| style="text-align:center"|68 || rowspan="2"|18 April 1981 || rowspan="2"|[[Gweru]], Zimbabwe || rowspan="2"|{{fb|BOT}} || || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|5–2 || rowspan="2"|Friendly	
|-
| style="text-align:center"|69 ||	
|-
| style="text-align:center"|70 || 19 June 1981 || Blantyre, Malawi || {{fb|TAN}} || || style="text-align:center"|4–1 || Friendly
|-
| style="text-align:center"|71 || 21 June 1981 || Lilongwe, Malawi || {{fb|TAN}} || || style="text-align:center"|3–1 || Friendly
|}

== See also ==
* [[List of top international men's football goalscorers by country]]
* [[List of men's footballers with 100 or more international caps]]
* [[List of men's footballers with 50 or more international goals]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{FIFA player|56244}}
*{{Worldfootball.net|kinnah-phiri}}

{{Malawi national football team managers}}
{{Malawi Squad 2010 Africa Cup of Nations}}
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